• @Whitebrow
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    321 year ago

    Thankfully I have another 37 in my trusty cable box

    • @surewhynotlem
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      61 year ago

      it’s a pain in the ass

      I’d recommend using tweezers next time. Sphincters weren’t designed for pin straightening.

  • palordrolap
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    151 year ago

    Tweezers and a steady hand would get those pins back into some kind of alignment. Until the cable or monitor can be replaced anyway.

    Source: Have had to perform pin-straightening at least once.

  • @Rooty
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    151 year ago

    I have to admit i’m not the gentlest when it comes to cable insertions, but what in the fuck happened here?

    • @TurboDiesel
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      111 year ago

      If I had to guess, I’d say school. Kids will absolutely destroy computers if you give them a chance to.

  • @geekworking
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    131 year ago

    VGA is child’s play compared to CPUs in the days before zero insertion force sockets.

  • AFK BRB Chocolate
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    111 year ago

    Reminds me that back in the day I used to have to deal with pin straighteners at work frequently. I haven’t touched one in decades.

    • @[email protected]
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      41 year ago

      VGA, serial, CPUs and SCSI. I remember discovering that the tip part from a mechanical pencil worked great to fix them.

  • WetFerret
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    41 year ago

    Put it up to your mouth and blow the dust out like a harmonica. That always does the trick.

  • @wafflez
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    31 year ago

    Time for some ducttape

  • @Treczoks
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    21 year ago

    Reminds me of a guy who managed to stick a DB23 plug into a DB25 socket.